Ione D. Jones/Doherty Women's Amateur Championship begins Monday

Top women amateur golfers are competing in the 81st Ione D. Jones/Doherty Women’s Amateur Championship Monday-Saturday at Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale.

World Golf Hall of Famer Carol Semple Thompson, who won the Doherty in 1987 and 1995 and the event’s senior division in 2006 and 2008, is back along with fellow Hall of Famer, four-time Doherty champion and seven-time Doherty senior champ Marlene Streit.

Up-and-comers include Carly Ray Goldstein, Daniela Lendl, Marisa Messana and Kyle Roig. Qualifying is Monday, with match play in two amateur flights and four senior flights starting on Tuesday.